Data Architect

Job description

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

ABBOTT IRELAND

Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of health care products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs almost 4,000 people across nine sites.

We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo.

Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.

ABBOTT BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AT CHERRYWOOD

Abbott Information Technology (IT) is responsible for delivering Information technology solutions and services to over 130+ countries globally. 

To support this global footprint, Abbott IT is building a new team in Ireland located in Cherrywood, Dublin. The newly established hub will be a strategic location

for technology talent, delivering regional programs and supporting global operations for critical services.

EPD has established an Analytics Center of Excellence which will be responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of an Enterprise Analytics solution servicing over 20 countries across EPD functional areas.

Primary Job Function:

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Support the Enterprise Analytics solution by ensuring data architecture that supports a scalable analytics platform and advanced visualization capabilities, including maintaining and enriching an enterprise data model.

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Support EPD functions in the definition and implementation of data strategy to enable business strategies by working directly with business stakeholders (across functional areas)

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Maintain existing data solutions, and identify and act upon opportunities to improve the system process flow, performance and technical efficiencies;

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Ensure integrity, scalability and transportability of implemented solutions

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Ensure solutions align with corporate IT services and policies 

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Drive Master Data Governance, including Master Data Management activities through architecture design and data flows

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Member of the Enterprise Analytics solution governance board

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Closely working with Enterprise Architect and Power BI Architect

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Proactively communicate data methodology, architecture, and results to a diverse set of partners

Core Job Responsibilities:

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Understand EPD information needs in the context of business strategies and priorities

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Facilitate business workshops to define, design, and document analytics data needs

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Translate analytics data needs into functional specifications and architectural designs that include: data definitions, data model, data flows and transformations/logic required

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Guide and direct the design, development, and implementation of enterprise information data models, data flows, data life cycle, and overall data management leading practices in a complex environment

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Constantly enrich datasets to enable increasingly sophisticated analytics

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Managing data as a critical asset across all of the organization’s business functions

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Defining a robust and scalable data architecture to manage data according to formal concepts, principles, and techniques

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Maintain logical data design, data integration and the specification of data services.

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Ensure effective and reliable integration between data sources and the Enterprise Analytics platform

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Create security plans and measures to ensure database integrity

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Lead technical requirements gathering and design specification to support all areas of data Management

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Apply lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position

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Continues improvement of data management activities to release business teams from repetitive non-value-added activities

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Implement enterprise-level ETL best practices such as version control and unit testing

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Ensure accurate and up-to-date project and solution life cycle documentation

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Select appropriated technology components to realize solution designs

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Plan, set up and execute business and technology initiatives to fulfil analytics data needs

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Facilitate cooperation and coordination between data stewards, data architects, and technical architects

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Able to self-manage and work independently in a fast-paced environment with dynamic requirements and priorities

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Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills

Education and Experience Required:

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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration or similar

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Minimum of five years of hands on experience architecting end to end enterprise and advance analytics solutions in medium to large industries

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Minimum of three full cycles of global analytics initiatives

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5+ years of experience in data modelling, maintenance and security in global analytics initiatives

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Ideally certified in one SAP functional module

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Ideally one end-to-end ERP SAP implementation cycle

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At least one year of experience managing large global program / project teams

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wide-range experience in data/information management including design and modelling concepts

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Solid understanding of ETL design patterns, standard methodologies, and ETL tools

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Extensive experience in SQL and one of the following databases: Oracle, MSSQL, DB2, PostgreSQL

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Experience in working in AWS environment (S3, Athena, Glue, Redshift)

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Experience with ETL and DWH/ BI projects

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Fluent in English (written and verbal)

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Knowledge and experience with Informatica technology (Informatica IDQ, MDM, PowerCenter, IICS)

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Knowledge and experience with BI tools (PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik etc.)

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Strong communication and facilitations skills with the ability to communicate at all business levels and lead requirement definition workshops

Connect with us at  www.abbott.com , on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/ , on Facebook at  www.facebook.com/Abbott  and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

     

JOB FAMILY:

IT Services & Solutions Delivery

     

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma

        

LOCATION:

Ireland > Dublin : Block G, Cherrywood, Cherrywood Business Park

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Ie - 37.5Hst0 (Ireland)

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 10 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Yes

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable